3D scanning and 3D printing may sound like a natural match for one another, but they don’t always play together as easily and nicely as one would hope. I’ll explain what one can expect by highlighting ...

An Arduino-based 3D scanner was created by an industrious 3D printing enthusiast and released open source this week for all to enjoy. This open source project was made to take out the most ...

What are Blue Light 3D Scanners? Structured light 3D scanners, typically mounted on a camera stand, robot, or tripod, function as point-and-shoot cameras and need little or no programming with minimal ...

Mobile scanning software maker Itseez 3D has released an update to its 3D scanner app that can accommodate full-body 3D models. Designed to work with Occipital’s Structure Sensor ($379), a snap-on ...

James has been writing about technology for years but has loved it since the early 90s. While his main areas of expertise are maker tools -- 3D printers, vinyl cutters, paper printers, and laser ...

The Revopoint Miraco is a 3D scanner that handles everything internally, so there's no need to be tethered to a computer, and that is a big win ...

Leading manufacturer of 3D printing equipment, Creality offers the best deals in their production of 3D scanners made for the 3D printing process: the CR-Scan Ferret and CR-Scan Lizard. Creality ...

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With much of the media’s attention on 3D printing the other side of the industry, 3D scanning, sometimes gets overlooked. While 3D printing provides an excellent technology for rapidly prototyping 3D ...

Infrared 3D scanners have been used in video games for quite some time. Whereas in video games the scanners are, for example, only able to identify if a player throws his arms up in the air while ...